Enlow was an American
Christian hardcore
Christian hardcore or Christcore is a subcategory of hardcore punk bands which promote Christian belief. The method and extent of doing so varies between bands. Christian hardcore bands have often openly stated their beliefs and employ Christia ...
and
Christian punk
Christian punk is a form of Christian music and a subgenre of punk rock which contain Christian lyrical content. Much disagreement persists about the boundaries of the subgenre, and the extent that their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies a ...
band, where they primarily played
hardcore punk
Hardcore punk (also known as simply hardcore) is a punk rock music genre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s. It is generally faster, harder, and more aggressive than other forms of punk rock. Its roots can be traced to earlier punk ...
and
post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a punk rock music genre that maintains the aggression and intensity of hardcore punk but emphasizes a greater degree of creative expression. It was initially inspired by post-punk and noise rock. Like post-punk, the term has been ...
. They come from
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
. The band started making music in 1998 and disbanded around 2006. The band released a
studio album
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, ''The Desperate Letters'', in 2003, with
Blood and Ink Records
Blood & Ink Records is an American independent record label that specializes in Christian punk and Christian hardcore music. The label was founded in Richmond, Virginia, in the spring of 2002. The label has worked with such bands as Soul Embrace ...
. Their subsequent album, ''The Recovery'', was released by Blood and Ink Records, in 2006. They are currently slated to be headlining PromCore (May 18th) in Tulsa, OK at The Vanguard Tulsa
Background
Enlow was a
Christian hardcore
Christian hardcore or Christcore is a subcategory of hardcore punk bands which promote Christian belief. The method and extent of doing so varies between bands. Christian hardcore bands have often openly stated their beliefs and employ Christia ...
and
Christian punk
Christian punk is a form of Christian music and a subgenre of punk rock which contain Christian lyrical content. Much disagreement persists about the boundaries of the subgenre, and the extent that their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies a ...
band from
Tulsa, OK
Tulsa () is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 47th-most populous city in the United States. The population was 413,066 as of the 2020 census. It is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with ...
.
Music history
The band commenced as a musical entity in 1998,
with their first release, ''The Desperate Letters'', a
studio album
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, that was released in 2003, from
Blood and Ink Records
Blood & Ink Records is an American independent record label that specializes in Christian punk and Christian hardcore music. The label was founded in Richmond, Virginia, in the spring of 2002. The label has worked with such bands as Soul Embrace ...
.
Their subsequent release, another studio album, ''The Recovery'', was released by Blood and Ink Records, on January 24, 2006.
Members
Discography
Studio albums
* ''The Desperate Letters'' (2003,
Blood and Ink) - Artwork by Burns Thornton
* ''The Recovery'' (January 24, 2006, Blood and Ink)
References
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External links
Blood and Ink Records
Musical groups from Oklahoma
2003 establishments in Oklahoma
2006 disestablishments in Oklahoma
Musical groups established in 2003
Musical groups disestablished in 2006
Blood and Ink Records artists